Faucet attachment.



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FAUGET ATTACHMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 16. 190s.

.Patented Apr. 2o, 1909.

WILLARD A. SPEAKMAN, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

FAUcE'r AT TACHMENT.

No. 91S,'788. `Specification of Lettere Patent. :Patented April 2o,1909.

pplcaton f'rledJuly 16, 1908. Serial No. 43,626.

necting attachments for faucets and is primarily designed for attachinga hose such as i is used for sho'werbath purposes to ahot and lcoldwater mixing faucet ofthe kind coininonly used with bath tubs.

The object of -the. invention -is the provision of an attachment couplinwhichean be easily, 'quickly and positive y secured in place' and easilyand quickly removed and which `Will be conveniently located, durable. inconstructionand comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

The various features of novelty which characterize "the invention arepointed out with 'particularity in theclaiins annexed'to and forming apart ol' thisv specification. For a better understanding oftheinventlon,

- however, and the. advantages possessed by it, reference may be had tothe accompanyingl drawings and descriptive matter in which I `haveillustrated and described one forni in `which my invention inaybemodified.

'Of the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view illustrating theattachment. 1n place on an ordinary :i ixing faucet. Fig. 2 is a planol.' the attachment body. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of theettachinent body and vfastening' ineens, the section being taken on vthehne3-3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings B represents the body or mixing barrel of allot and'coldwater lni'xing faucet of the type in common use in connection With bathtubs'.

(l and C1 represent one of the cold Water and the other the hot walter"supy Pipes; coninrunication between the barrel and the pipe (l and C1being controlled bythe usual hand valves Dand D1, respectively.

Freni the under side of the barrel B and usually midway between its endsthe spo`ut A of the faucetprojects.

E represents the body member oftheAattachment and is provided at oneside With a the 'form shown, the seat is provided with a packing WasherE3 of rubber or like u1aterial, which rests on the annular shoulder E?surrounding the passage through the Ybod E, and'is surrounded by thecylindrical sheil portion E1 of the body. At the opposite side of thebody Efroin the spout end seat is provided a clamping screw seat which,as

shown, is .formed by'providng a recess E7 in a lug E projecting from theunder side of the body E. Perforated ears Es project from the body E atopposite sides of the axis of the faucet spout seat. Thebody E is alsoprovided with a hose engaging nipple E4 extending at one side of thespout engaging and cleinpingscrew engagingseats. The nipple E4 may be'provided With-the usual threads or corrugations E,

The means for securing the body E in place includes a yoke having a bodyortion G, located below the attachmentbo y E and legs F secured at theirlower ends tothe body G and assing through the apertured ears E".

vthreaded at their lowerends into the body G,

are provided at their upper ends with devices for engaging the barrel B,which inaywell consist .of hooks F1 formed integrally with the legs Fandada ted to fit over the faucet barrel B at the si es of the spout A.The body G is provided with a. threaded aperture 'G1 inline With theclamping screw seat E?. A clamping screw' H threaded through theaperture G1 and /having'a reducing end H2 adapted to enter the recess E7in the lug E, and provided at its lower end With a handle H1 forming ameans for clamping the parts together, as shown in Fig. 1.

It will be observedthat the construction "disclosed is exceedinglysimple and effectivefor the purposes for which it is designed.

.The rods F are so located that the clamping pull is in line with theaxis ofthe spout .and the corresponding seat on the body E. Thelocation'oi' the nipple E4 at the side of the spout simplifies theconstruction and is advantageous in that it greatly reduces the tendencyof the hose connected to the nipple to kink, which has heretofore beenexperienced with the arrangement` used in which the hose has beenconnected in line with the spout A.r

.Having no w described my invention', what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent isz' seat Afor the end of thefaucet spout In`1. A. hose connecting attachment for a The egs`F, which may Well bemade of rods mixing faucet, comprising a body E having a seat for afaucet spout end,`a pair of perforated ears located at opposite sides ofsaid seat, and a hose engaging nip le at one side e of the axis of saidseat, a yoke raving its legs passing through said perforated ears andprovided each with a faucet engaging hook, and

vhaving its body portion located at the other side of said body E fromsaid seat and provided with a threaded aperture and a clamping screwthreaded through said aperture.-

and engaging said body E.

2. A hose connecting attachment for a mixing faucet comprising a body Ehaving at one side a seat for a faucet spout end and at the other side arecessed seat for the end of a clamping screw and having apair ofperforated ears located atopposite sides of saidl seats, and a hoseengaging nipple at one side of said seats, a yoke having its legspassing through said perforated ears and provided each with a faucetengaging hook and having its body portion located at the saine side of.said body E as said recessed seat, and provided With a threadedaperture in line with the said recessed seat and a clamping screw'sienes threaded through said aperture and haring its end adapted toenter said recessed seat.

3. in combination a mixing faucet com` prising a barrel and a spoutextending laterally from the barrel between the ends of the latter, anda hose connecting attaehnieiu comprising a body E having at one side aseat for the end'of said spout and at the other end a seat for the endof a clamping screw and having a Ihose1 engaging nipple extending to oneside of sale. seat and having a pair er perforated cars located atopposite sides fd' said seats, a yoke having its legs pasrng throughsaid perforated ears yand provided

